All articles by Vern Pitt – Page 16
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NewsGlaxoSmithKline to build £350m factory
Pharmaceutical giant to build a £350m manufacturing facility in Cumbria.
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NewsShortlist for £50m nuclear job revealed
Sir Robert McAlpine, Kier, BAM and Volker Stevin to battle it out for £50m temporary wharf job
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NewsPoor planning and design contributed to riots, report finds
Leading architect Irena Baumann says regeneration of city centres has created a visable wealth gap
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NewsMajor energy firms lobby for delay to Green Deal
Industry fears ‘soft launch’ will undermine the energy efficiency scheme from the outset
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FeaturesEnergy-efficient buildings – too clever by half?
A survey for Building’s Sustainability White Paper suggests that occupants find new buildings only marginally more efficient than older ones. Are their elaborate energy-slashing systems just too complicated to operate?
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NewsLondon residential market strength boosts Savills
Property agent saw UK revenue rise 6% in 2011
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NewsRenewable Heat Incentive off to slow start
Less than 1% of the renewable capacity required this year signed-up in first three months
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NewsClimate change could render modern buildings 'obsolete'
RICS calls for resilience to climate change to be factored into building valuations
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NewsBuilding owners doing bare minimum for energy changes
Building owners are preparing to do either the minimum or nothing to meet new energy efficiency standards
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NewsHeathrow T2 firms set to earn £60m bonus
Laing O’Rourke and Ferrovial Agroman had bonus written into contract for work on Heathrow terminal
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NewsExclusive: Green Deal suffers fresh setback
Green Deal will not be fully operational until 2013 after energy firms delay implementation of payment mechanism
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NewsFirms reluctant to invest in Green Deal skills
Report finds firms unwilling to plug skills gaps until consumer demand for energy scheme is proven
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NewsFirms seek 'next big thing' in green industry
Initiative involving 35 firms aims to generate ideas to deliver both economic and green benefits
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NewsCareyjones Chapmantolcher closes northern offices
Both Leeds and Manchester offices will close leaving 31 jobs redundant
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NewsNo third Heathrow runway will cost UK £8.5bn a year
Construction sector leaders back call for new runway
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NewsEnergy Saving Trust wins Green Deal contract
Charity to provide consumers with independent advice on the government’s flagship scheme
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NewsIndustry 'must have skills' to service biomass boilers
Installation of biomass boilers expected to get a boost and experts foresee problems if industry unprepared
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NewsBREEAM at the BBC
Vinci’s BBC Wales studios have become the highest BREEAM rated industrial building in the UK
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NewsFewer green homes ‘due to slacker carbon targets’
Industry set to design fewer than half the number of code level 5 and 6 homes this year than last
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NewsZaha’s firm defends green status of aquatics centre
Architect hits back at claims Olympic venue is unsustainable for using 3,000 tonnes of steel